Tagged: Castro Street Design

Construction on the Castro Streetscape Improvement Project, specifically the phase two concrete pours for the portion of the sidewalks nearest the buildings, was stalled the past couple of weeks due to unforeseen subsurface basements and work PG&E needed to complete to make their utility boxes meet the new grade elevations...

Update (07/11/14 @ 12:00PM): The Department of Public Works let us know that the contractor has obtained a Night Noise Authorization Permit for nighttime construction. The permit stipulates that there will be no work allowed with high impact tools after 10:00 PM in addition to any avoidable noise such as shouting or...

Gerard Koskovich, founding member of the GLBT Historical Society, was on hand last Friday to snap some photos of the bronze plaques commemorating Harvey Milk’s legacy being replaced in front of his old camera store (now a Human Rights Campaign shop and “action center”) at 575 Castro Street. The plaques,...

An email update went out this morning from the CastroStreet.org website letting people know that crews are starting to remove the chain link fence in the 400-block of Castro Street (between Market and 18th). Crews have begun removing the chain link fence surrounding the newly poured sidewalks on the 400...

With a little over two weeks left to wrap up Castro’s sidewalks and streets before a hard stop for Pride, construction crews finished laying down new pavement up and down Castro Street between Market Street and 19th. The sidewalks also appear to be nearly completed, however, the sidewalk curb area...

The Castro Streetscape Improvement Project is trucking along with a goal to have the sidewalk portion of the improvements completed in time for Pink Saturday (June 28) and Pride in June (this includes the Rainbow Honor Walk). If you’ve been down in the Castro in the past few days you might...